Texas Longhorns

McALLEN — While there may be speculation swirling about possible expansion in the Big 12 Conference, Texas men’s athletic director DeLoss Dodds said the league is a model of stability at the moment. Dodds points to a huge TV deal the...... Full story

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch...... Full story

STANFORD, Calif. — A teary-eyed Bob Bowlsby walked out of a Stanford auditorium to a roaring ovation from university coaches and staff members Thursday, leaving behind a lasting legacy at one of the nation's top athletic programs for a...... Full story

AUSTIN — A state senator from El Paso said Thursday the University of Texas System regents should overturn a decision by Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa to ban a high-profile boxing match from the Sun Bowl over unspecified security concerns The...... Full story

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — College football is on the verge of finally having a playoff, its own version of the final four. For the first time, all the power brokers who run the highest level of the sport are comfortable with the idea of deciding a...... Full story

College football's newest way to crown a national champion should become a lot clearer in south Florida on Wednesday and Thursday. The conference commissioners in charge of the Bowl Championship Series will meet for the fourth time this year,...... Full story

AUSTIN — Former Texas women's basketball assistant Karen Aston is taking over the Longhorns with a mission to turn the program back into a national championship contender. Aston, the coach at North Texas last season, was introduced at a...... Full story

AUSTIN — Texas guard J'Covan Brown says he will skip his senior season and enter the NBA draft. Brown, the Big 12 scoring leader this season, announced his decision in a statement from the university Monday. Brown led the Longhorns to their...... Full story

AUSTIN — University of Texas regents on Monday authorized hiring a new women's basketball coach and the school moved quickly to end a short search that zeroed in on North Texas coach Karen Aston to lead the Longhorns. Texas officials have...... Full story

AUSTIN — University of Texas regents have scheduled a special meeting for Monday to authorize hiring a women's basketball coach, moving quickly to replace Gail Goestenkors. The meeting will come less than a week after North Texas coach Karen...... Full story

AUSTIN — Texas junior Marquise Goodwin, the reigning U.S. champion in the long jump, insists he is hungry to get to the Olympics this summer and win a medal. Some might question just how hungry considering he abandoned plans to train for the...... Full story

AUSTIN — Texas freshman Myck Kabongo has decided not to enter the NBA draft and will return for another season. The Canadian guard said Monday he wanted “to get this out of the way now” because the Longhorns were about to start...... Full story

AUSTIN — Wanted: A Texas women's basketball coach with the resume, vigor and skill to return a proud program to national title contender. In other words, everything the Longhorns thought they were getting five years ago in Gail Goestenkors,...... Full story

NORFOLK, Va. — Taylor Palmer wasn't thinking about filling a void when West Virginia center Ayana Dunning went to the bench with her fourth foul and more than 14 minutes to go Saturday. The sharpshooting sophomore did just that, though,...... Full story

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This time, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin wanted to be on the other end of a slow start. Cronin had caught his Bearcats slogging through the beginning of the Big East championship game last week, and it cost them. So when...... Full story